ZeroMoon17 Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Ok, due to the positive feedback I'll be running this starting on March 19th. The idea is that it will be an escalation campaign and you will have 2-3 weeks to play in each of the three rounds, i.e:Venue: The kickoff event, Tobruk, and the majority of the games will be played at Guardian Games. However, the rounds may be played at any location, all you need is an opponent, and then post the results here on the forums. Hopefully this will allow our friends outside of the direct PDX area to participate in the raiding aces campaign.March 19th (11am-3pm @ Guardian Games): Kickoff event, explanation of the rules and first games (500pts)March 19th - April 2nd: 1st round (500pts)April 3rd - April 16th: 2nd round (700 pts)April 17th - April 31st: 3rd Round (900 pts)May 7th: Battle for Tobruk, super-battle multiplayer ending event (500-700 pts per player, will be decided when we know how many people will be playing)I do plan on charging an entry fee of $25 (or $5 for each leg of the league, and $10 for the battle of Tobruk, this is an escalation league after all) in order to provide prizes throughout the League.Here are is a list of available companies for the league:RAIDING FORCESBritish Forces:LRDG PatrolSAS SquadronItalian Forces:Compagnia Autosahariana 103aCompagnia Arditi CamionettistiFree/Vichy French Forces:Compagnie de Tiralleurs SenegalaisCompagnie Decouverte de CombatGerman Forces:Brandenburger HalbkompanieKampfgruppe von Koenen (website PDF)Unternehmen Dora (website PDF)US Forces:OSS Operational GroupGARRISON FORCESBritish Forces:Sudan Rifle CompanyItalian Forces:Compagnia MitraglieriFree/Vichy French Forces:Compagnie de Tiralleurs SenegalaisHere is the PDF with all the rules:http://www.flamesofwar.com/Portals/0/Documents/RaidingAces/Raiding-Aces.pdfWho's signed up (Forum name, real name, nation, raiding company, garrison company):Axis (ITA/GER/VFRA)1. Rcnjack, Keith, Brandenburg, Mitraglieri2. fingolfin, ?, ITA, ?, ?3. Bolo, ?, German, Unternehmen Dora, ?4. Mr. Bigglesworth, ?, Ger?, ?, Pioneers?5. taran.shannara, Steve M. GERMANY, Unternehman Dora, Raiding company6.Allies (USA/UK/FFRA)1. ZeroMoon17, Michael Henry, UK, SAS, Sudan Rifle (can swap to axis if needed) 2. Barca, James, FFRA, Compagnie Decouverte de Combat, Compagnie de Tiralleurs Senegalais 3. CyrusLucainis, Daniel M., US, OSS Operational Group, ?4. Apophis93, Daniel A., UK, LRDG, ?5.6.FAQ (to be updated later):Do I need to stick with the same company throughout the league?Yes, once you choose a company you have to stick with that company for the duration of the escalation league. Its composition may change, but you cannot go from British SAS to an LRDG list. Obviously this doesn't apply until we first start playing in March, but just as a heads up.Why is there a raiding force listed and a garrison force listed in the sign ups?Everyone has the option (not the obligation) to bring both a raiding force and a garrison force. These forces will accumulate raiding aces points separately, but the idea is that if everyone brings a raiding force and a garrison force (or if 80% of people bring both forces) then nobody will have to sit out a game because they both only have a raiding force or a garrison force. At 500 pts, I don't think its all that difficult to do (a couple platoons of infantry and an HMG platoon is typically a garrison force, and some jeeps/kubelwagens/trucks for raiding forces).Can I bring a list that is not listed above?Yes, I'm going to allow people to bring any infantry or motorized infantry list from Burning Empires, Hellfire and Back, or North Africa as garrison forces, and any special ops forces as raiders (i.e. paratroopers, commandos, etc.). The restriction to this is NO ARMORED ASSETS. At 500 points it would be pretty hard to bring in, but the sahara was a particularly grueling place for Tanks to do battle and they wouldn't have the speed or reliability to make it on these long range desert patrols. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mr. Bigglesworth Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Where you playing this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroMoon17 Posted December 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Where you playing this? I added the info to the first post, "Venue: The kickoff event, Tobruk, and the majority of the games will be played at Guardian Games. However, the rounds may be played at any location, all you need is an opponent, and then post the results here on the forums. Hopefully this will allow our friends outside of the direct PDX area to participate in the raiding aces campaign." Essentially you'll be able to play anywhere you'd like, but the kickoff and the raid on Tobruk will take place (pending reservations) at Guardian Games on March 19th and May 2nd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threejacks Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Nice:) Put me down for a German Brandenburg force as I snagged that box of Gliders they had over at GG. Should I also build an Allied force?...wouldn't mind doing an SaS squadron,heh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroMoon17 Posted December 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Nice:) Put me down for a German Brandenburg force as I snagged that box of Gliders they had over at GG. Should I also build an Allied force?...wouldn't mind doing an SaS squadron,heh. You are welcome to, but then you'd be competing against yourself. I plan on handing out prizes to the winning team (Axis or Allies) to get a spirited rivalry going between the two sides ;). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barca Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Where you playing this? See "Venue..." in 1st post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barca Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Pencil me in for French - raiding and garrison. If some has their heart set one or both French forces, then I can swap for whatever is not taken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyrusLucainis Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 I plan on playing the mid-war OSS Operational Group. CyrusLucainis, Daniel M., US, OSS Operational Group, Raiding Company Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taran.shannara Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 I'm in. taran.shannara, Steve M. British, LRDG Patrol, Raiding company taran.shannara, Steve M. German, Unternehmen Dora pdf, Raiding company Myself and CyrusLucainis can also play on the westside if anyone on this side wants to play a game at Rainy Day Games or elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threejacks Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 You are welcome to, but then you'd be competing against yourself. I plan on handing out prizes to the winning team (Axis or Allies) to get a spirited rivalry going between the two sides ;). Ahh cool,,was just wondering incase we had uneven players per side or something:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolo Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 I am in with German Unternehmen Dora ... Question ... looking at the PDF list ... how many infantry stands per vehicle when they dismount? One? Two? Sure I am missing where this is ... but its not clear? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mr. Bigglesworth Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 I just bough a bunch of pioneers so I think I might try my hand at axis. I'm still clueless about this game so I think I got the right stuff :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fingolfen Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 I need to see if I have enough Italians to make this happen... If so, I'll bring them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroMoon17 Posted December 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 Just so everyone knows, once you choose a company you have to stick with that company for the duration of the escalation league. Obviously this doesn't apply until we first start playing in March, but just as a heads up. Second, everyone has the option (not the obligation) to bring both a raiding force and a garrison force. These forces will accumulate raiding aces points separately, but the idea is that if everyone brings a raiding force and a garrison force (or if 80% of people bring both forces) then nobody will have to sit out a game because they both only have a raiding force or a garrison force. At 500 pts, I don't think its all that difficult to do (a couple platoons of infantry and an HMG platoon is typically a garrison force, and some jeeps/kubelwagens/trucks for raiding forces). Third, I'm going to allow people to bring any infantry or motorized infantry list from Burning Empires, Hellfire and Back, or North Africa as garrison forces, and any special ops forces as raiders (i.e. paratroopers, commandos, etc.). The restriction to this is NO ARMORED ASSETS. At 500 points it would be pretty hard to bring in, but the sahara was a particularly grueling place for Tanks to do battle and they wouldn't have the speed or reliability to make it on these long range desert patrols. I'm excited to see such a quick response from everyone though, I think this will be a lot of fun! Edit: put most of this post in the first post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threejacks Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 Oops..sorry,Im Keith:) Not sure what historical company ill run as my Burning Empires book is still in the mail.Ill also do a Garrison company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyrusLucainis Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 @ZeroMoon17 Question on the armored assets blurb. I assume that this applies to only the extra lists you are now allowing, not the main group of lists that are part of the official raiding aces campaign material. Correct? The OSS Operational Group can take support platoon armor once the point level gets high enough. The force list discusses how they were used in the desert raids to harass the enemy. Just so everyone knows, once you choose a company you have to stick with that company for the duration of the escalation league. Obviously this doesn't apply until we first start playing in March, but just as a heads up. Second, everyone has the option (not the obligation) to bring both a raiding force and a garrison force. These forces will accumulate raiding aces points separately, but the idea is that if everyone brings a raiding force and a garrison force (or if 80% of people bring both forces) then nobody will have to sit out a game because they both only have a raiding force or a garrison force. At 500 pts, I don't think its all that difficult to do (a couple platoons of infantry and an HMG platoon is typically a garrison force, and some jeeps/kubelwagens/trucks for raiding forces). Third, I'm going to allow people to bring any infantry or motorized infantry list from Burning Empires, Hellfire and Back, or North Africa as garrison forces, and any special ops forces as raiders (i.e. paratroopers, commandos, etc.). The restriction to this is NO ARMORED ASSETS. At 500 points it would be pretty hard to bring in, but the sahara was a particularly grueling place for Tanks to do battle and they wouldn't have the speed or reliability to make it on these long range desert patrols. I'm excited to see such a quick response from everyone though, I think this will be a lot of fun! Edit: put most of this post in the first post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fingolfen Posted December 13, 2015 Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 I'm assuming that we're using MW points as the OSS and 103a Compagnia Arditi Camionettisti are available... ... though honestly running that list at anything other than 500 points is going to be tough unless you run a two company army... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroMoon17 Posted December 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 @ZeroMoon17 Question on the armored assets blurb. I assume that this applies to only the extra lists you are now allowing, not the main group of lists that are part of the official raiding aces campaign material. Correct? The OSS Operational Group can take support platoon armor once the point level gets high enough. The force list discusses how they were used in the desert raids to harass the enemy. That is correct, the "official" (posted) lists can use their armored support, although as per the rules of the raiding aces packet, armored support is not available until step 2 and 3. I'm assuming that we're using MW points as the OSS and 103a Compagnia Arditi Camionettisti are available... ... though honestly running that list at anything other than 500 points is going to be tough unless you run a two company army... You may run either the mid war or early war variants of any of the lists. Raiding aces is kind of an Era of its own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fingolfen Posted December 13, 2015 Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 You may run either the mid war or early war variants of any of the lists. Raiding aces is kind of an Era of its own. It's not really an "era" on its own. They're sort of their own type of list, but the point costs for many units in EW and MW are different - so you and your opponent will need to be on the same era for points... better to just standardize it to EW or MW so people don't have to recalculate their lists from game to game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apophis93 Posted December 13, 2015 Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 I am up for this.... Count me in. British: LRDG Cheers! - Daniel A. Apophis93 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroMoon17 Posted December 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 It's not really an "era" on its own. They're sort of their own type of list, but the point costs for many units in EW and MW are different - so you and your opponent will need to be on the same era for points... better to just standardize it to EW or MW so people don't have to recalculate their lists from game to game. See pg. 21 of the raiding aces rules (entitled Play Any Era). This particular campaign allows for Mid War vs Early War forces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolo Posted December 14, 2015 Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 Question ... looking at the PDF list ... how many infantry stands per vehicle when they dismount? One? Two? Sure I am missing where this is ... but its not clear? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroMoon17 Posted December 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 Question ... looking at the PDF list ... how many infantry stands per vehicle when they dismount? One? Two? Sure I am missing where this is ... but its not clear? Looks like one MG team per truck. That seems to make the most sense to me because 8 confident veteran MG teams would certainly cost more than 145 pts per platoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fingolfen Posted December 14, 2015 Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 See pg. 21 of the raiding aces rules (entitled Play Any Era). This particular campaign allows for Mid War vs Early War forces. Interesting... feels sort of tacked on and not exactly the way we playtested it... but I'm game... *lol* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolo Posted December 19, 2015 Report Share Posted December 19, 2015 So I think I have my two lists set ... Raiding & Garrison. ZeroMoon17, should I PM the list to you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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